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Terror trial hears threat claims | |
(40 minutes later) | |
A student who is standing trial on terror charges threatened to "blow up Glasgow", a court has heard. | |
Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Alva in Clackmannanshire, has denied a total of five offences. | Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Alva in Clackmannanshire, has denied a total of five offences. |
Fellow student Razia Hussain told the High Court in Glasgow she gave her college classmate two nicknames - "Suicide Bomber" and "al-Qaeda". | |
Miss Hussain also claimed Mr Siddique, 21, only communicated with anyone if it was something to do with Islam. | |
Miss Hussein, who is now an immigration officer at Glasgow Airport, told the court that Siddique regularly looked at suicide bomb websites. | |
'Training course' | |
She said: "He said he was going to blow Glasgow up. As a joke I said please inform me so I can run." | |
She went on to claim Mr Siddique had told her: "As Muslims we should commit Jihad." | |
She added that he repeatedly claimed he wanted to be a suicide bomber, said he had met Osama Bin Laden, and had either been on or was going to a "training course" somewhere near Edinburgh or Stirling. | |
He said he wanted to be a suicide bomber Razia Hussain | |
Miss Hussain said that Mr Siddique showed her a website showing a smiling man who had committed Jihad pointing to the sky. | |
Miss Hussain said that Mr Siddique told her the man was smiling "because he had committed Jihad and God was going to be happy with him". | |
She added: "He said he wanted to be a suicide bomber." | |
The court had earlier heard that Mr Siddique was caught looking at video clips of "a suicide bomber" and "someone like Osama bin Laden". | |
Glasgow Metropolitan College communications lecturer Brian Glancey said he found Mr Siddique watching the clips. | |
'College policy' | |
Mr Siddique, of Myretoungate, was a student at the college between 2003 and 2005. He was arrested in a police operation in Alva on 13 April, 2006. | Mr Siddique, of Myretoungate, was a student at the college between 2003 and 2005. He was arrested in a police operation in Alva on 13 April, 2006. |
Mr Glancey told the court he had found Mr Siddique looking at inappropriate material on the internet on two occasions in 2003. | Mr Glancey told the court he had found Mr Siddique looking at inappropriate material on the internet on two occasions in 2003. |
He said: "I think I saw a video of Osama Bin Laden or someone like him. | He said: "I think I saw a video of Osama Bin Laden or someone like him. |
"There was no sound - the person was speaking, but to who I don't know. I told Siddique to stop it and he switched it off." | "There was no sound - the person was speaking, but to who I don't know. I told Siddique to stop it and he switched it off." |
Mr Glancey then said that about three weeks later he found the student watching a clip of a "Palestinian suicide bomber" in class. | |
Brian Glancey leaves the court after giving evidence | |
He said: "This person had a gun, a green bandana and T-shirt and there was Arabic text along the screen. He appeared to be speaking to the camera. | He said: "This person had a gun, a green bandana and T-shirt and there was Arabic text along the screen. He appeared to be speaking to the camera. |
"I told Mohammed that it was against college policy to look at terrorist, violent or pornographic sites and, again, he simply switched it off." | "I told Mohammed that it was against college policy to look at terrorist, violent or pornographic sites and, again, he simply switched it off." |
Mr Glancey later said under cross-examination that he could not tell if the footage had come from a news website. | |
Mr Siddique faces four charges under the Terrorism Act 2000. | Mr Siddique faces four charges under the Terrorism Act 2000. |
He has been accused of possessing suspicious terrorism-related items including CDs and videos of weapons use, guerrilla tactics and bomb-making. | |
He has also been accused of collecting terrorist-related information, setting up websites showing how to make and use weapons and explosives, and circulating inflammatory terrorist publications. | |
A further charge of breach of the peace relates to claims that he showed students at Glasgow Metropolitan College images of suicide bombers and terrorist beheadings. | A further charge of breach of the peace relates to claims that he showed students at Glasgow Metropolitan College images of suicide bombers and terrorist beheadings. |
This charge also includes the allegation that he threatened to become a suicide bomber, and claimed to be a member of al-Qaeda. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |